Example sentences of "[verb] over a [adj] area of " in BNC.

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1 When it erupted around 75 000 a BP an estimated 2000 km 3 of material was dispersed over a wide area of the East Indies .
2 Mrs Swindles said the development would be seen over a wide area of Co Antrim , Newtownabbey , Belfast and Co Down .
3 The population is spread over a large area of agricultural land .
4 If we 're measuring the m membrane current , which here I 've called a macroscopic current because we 're we 're integrating over a whole area of membrane , this , with respect with any given channel will comprise can be expressed in terms of the number of channels which are present , the probability that each one of those channels is open , the open state probability , and in terms of the unitary current of each channel , that is the single channel current .
5 As long as an overwhelming military presence existed , a measure of peace — peace with resentment , but peace just the same — was maintained over a large area of Central and Eastern Europe .
6 The worst day for bomb scares was the Wednesday before Christmas , when many hours of trading were lost over a wide area of the centre of town .
7 Where damage has been done , particularly in gouging out a shopfront and leaving fine brick or stone upper storeys suspended over a vast area of plate glass , it may be worth seeking reinstatement .
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